General Plan Policy Document (Adopted 7-11 ... - City of Wheatland

ECONOMICGROWTH4. Create a strong local employment base.GENERAL PLAN SUMMARYThe General Plan seeks to capitalize on Wheatland’s location andassets by supporting and assisting business development that meetslocal and regional needs. To this end, the Plan designates sufficientland to accommodate projected demand and provides for servicessufficient to meet employment and commercial needs. The Plan alsoincludes provisions for housing to meet the needs of new workers.The Plan seeks to diversify Wheatland’s economic base by promotingmore primary-wage-earner jobs through business and office parks;high-tech, bio-tech and research and development industries tosupport Beale Air Force Base; and tourism.STATEROUTE65BYPASS 5. Plan the city to accommodate eventual development of a SR 65bypass.SUMMARYOFMAJORGENERALPLANPROPOSALSCHAPTER1:LANDUSEANDCOMMUNITYCHARACTERThe General Plan establishes a recommended location for the easternbypass of SR 65. Adjacent to the bypass will be local and regionalemployment and commercial uses, capitalizing on regionalcommuters.As indicated earlier, the formal policy content of the General Plan iscontained in Part II of this Policy Document. Part II is divided into tenchapters, each of which deals with a broad topic and several sub-issuesrelated to the main topic. The following is a chapter-by-chaptersummary of the major proposals set forth in the Wheatland GeneralPlan, including references to show how the goals, policies,implementation programs, and diagrams in each chapter relate to themajor themes described above.This part is the most familiar of all of the policy chapters in theGeneral Plan. It contains the Land Use Diagram that prescribes usesfor all of the General Plan Area, describes standards for each of theland use designations shown on the Land Use Diagram, and defines aseries of goals, policies, and programs designed to guide decisionsconcerning land use, development, and environmental protection inWheatland.Wheatland General Plan Policy Document, Part I 13July 11, 2006